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Posted: June 15, 2013 - 11:20pm

Savannah

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

Hearts ... Happy Father’s Day to all the men who are dads or who are role models for children in their lives.

We don’t celebrate Father’s Day as much as we do Mother’s Day for some reason. And that’s a shame because fathers are just as deserving and a lot of the time shoulder the financial responsibility for the entire family.

Without dads in our lives or men who make a difference, our families would not be as complete.

Take time today to thank your dad, your husband, grandfather, close family friend or the male who plays a significant role in your life or the lives of your children and family.

Cook a nice dinner or take him out for a bite to eat. He deserves it.

BLUFFTON DOG PARK ISSUES

Darts ... to the financial issues that have come to light surrounding the quest to build a dog park in Bluffton.

It is a crying shame that after several years of fundraising and hard work that the acts of a few have hurt the effort to raise money for a dog park. Other communities larger and smaller than Bluffton have succeeded in this project.

Regardless of the outcome of the charges against a board president accused of taking more than $10,000 for personal use out of the group’s bank account, the negative publicity hurt the group’s mission.

Having a dog park in Bluffton would be another great perk for people who live here or who are looking to relocate to the greater Bluffton area.

The organizers need to regroup as they are doing and see what the next logical step is and how they ensure people can entrust them with funds.

BLUFFTON RESIDENT HONORED

Hearts ... to Bluffton resident Larry Schiner, who was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Hall of Fame.

Schiner is the former athletics director at New Jersey City University, where he worked for 40 years — including the last 30 in the director’s chair.

Schiner, formerly of Manalapan, N.J., is one of seven athletic administrators set to be inducted at the NACDA’s 48th annual convention in Orlando, Fla.

“To be recognized by your peers is a distinct honor. I am very excited to receive this special award. Professionally to me, it doesn’t get any better than this.”

Schiner became the first person to be inducted twice into the NJCU athletics hall of fame when he was honored in 2008 for his 30 years as an administrator. He was initially inducted into the then-Jersey City State College hall of fame as a coach in 1980.

We say congratulations to him!

STUDY: MONEY ENCOURAGES BAD BEHAVIOR

Darts ... to the new data that supports what we have long thought: Money sometimes corrupts people.

A report by University of Utah and Harvard researchers found that individuals who could gain monetarily through unethical behavior were more likely to demonstrate that behavior than those who weren’t offered a financial gain.

“We were interested in why good people would do bad behavior,” said Kristin Smith-Crowe, a management professor and co-author of the study released last month. “We certainly found that the love of money is corrupting and just the mere exposure to it makes people do bad things.”

Using 324 undergraduate students from the university, Smith-Crowe and her colleagues conducted four separate “games” in two different groups. One group was told of a financial reward for the behavior, the other was told there was no financial reward for doing the same behavior.

In one game, students were presented with a series of scenarios in which an unethical act was committed. They were asked how likely they would be to engage in the same unethical acts for money. (The other group was asked the same question without the monetary reward.)

In another, they played a “deception game,” in which a group could earn more money by lying rather than telling the truth. (No reward to the second group for lying.)